Polymer Chemistry

The design of smart materials based on different natural and synthetic polymers represents one of the most attractive research areas over the last ...

Block copolymers constitute a fascinating group of polymeric materials belonging to the soft matter family. These materials are formed by blocks ...

Many of the terpenes compounds are naturally occurring organic products abundant in plants, which have been employed for centuries as odorants beca...

Ruthenium is exceedingly rare, as it is only the 74th most abundant metal on Earth. The element is generally found in ores with the other platinum ...

Polyaniline (PANI) and its composites, the most popular conducting materials whose unique properties and applications are drawing a worldwide inter...

This book presents research results on the quantum-chemical calculation of linear olefins of cationic polymerisation (a geometrical and electronic ...

When polyolefins are functionalised to modify its chemical structure and polarity, some other secondary reactions take place as well. The grafting ...

Polyoxometalates (abbreviated as POMs), also known as early-transition metal-oxygen anion clusters, is a large and rapidly growing series of inorga...

Phosphorus-containing (co)polymers are gaining wide appeal for many uses, from healthcare and medicine to energy and environmental applications. Ph...

This book examines information regarding the influence of Ichfan-10 and Phenozan on the content of two apoptotic proteins in the blood and the sple...

Epoxy resin are one of the most useful materials in the polymer industry. The cross-linking characteristic of these materials gives rise to materia...

Interfacial science impacts on our lives in diverse and surprising ways. Without it, we would face bubble bath without the bubbles, detergents whic...

A valuable primer to help students and workers understand concepts and relationships which are developed more fully in other specialist texts on po...

Biopolymers such as cellulose, lignin, starch, pectin, chitin, xylan, etc. are copiously available in nature in the form of plant biomass. They hav...

This volume presents the latest research in the contemporary science of polymeric materials. The chapters in this volume are representative of the ...

We rely upon plastics for a great many functions in everyday life, from the cases of consumer electronics to disposable cutlery, plastics are versa...

The progress in polymer science is revealed in the chapters of Polymer Science: A Comprehensive Reference, Ten Volume Set. In Volume 1, this is ref...

Smart materials are of significant interest and this is the first textbook to provide a comprehensive graduate level view of topics that relate to ...